1. The road to conjugation…
Verb Conjugation
The road to conjugation…

2. Here are some questions:
What is a verb?
How do you recognize a verb in Spanish / English?
What is an infinitive?
What is a verb stem?
Can you give some examples in Spanish / English?
What is a subject pronoun?
Can you list them?
Can you write them in Spanish?
What are the verb endings in Spanish for an AR verb? ER? IR?
Can you conjugate a verb including the subject pronouns?
Can you write a sentence in Spanish with a conjugated verb?
What else can you tell us that we haven’t covered?

3. What is a verb?
An action word.

4. How do you recognize a verb in Spanish / English?
Spanish: by the –ar, – er, – ir on the end of the word.
English: by the word “to”.

5. What is an infinitive?
A verb that is not conjugated.

6. What is a verb stem?
What’s left of the verb after you take of the –ar, – er, – ir.

7. Can you give some examples in Spanish / English?
Spanish: bailar, comer, vivir.
English: to dance, to eat, to live.

8. What is a subject pronoun?
A noun that takes the place of the subject.

9. Can you list them? I
you
he/she/it we
y’all (you all)
they

10. Can you write them in Spanish?
él/ella/Ud.
nosotros
ellos/Uds.

11. What are the verb endings in Spanish for an AR verb? ER? IR?
AR: o, as, a, amos, áis, an
ER: o, es, e, emos, éis, en
IR: o, es, e, imos, ís, en

12. Can you show the class how to completely conjugate a verb including the subject pronouns?
Example: BAILAR
yo bailo
tú bailas
él baila
nosotros bailamos
ellos/ Uds. bailan

13. Can you write a sentence in Spanish with a conjugated verb?
Yo bailo todos los días.

14. What else can you tell us that we haven’t covered?
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